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Dwight Gooden played 16 major-league seasons (1984-2000) as a P (430). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 20 | NYN | 31 | 70 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .200 | .405 | 19 |
| 1985 | 21 | NYN | 35 | 93 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .226 | .545 | 58 |
| 1986 | 22 | NYN | 33 | 81 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .086 | .230 | -34 |
| 1987 | 23 | NYN | 25 | 64 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .219 | .446 | 23 |
| 1988 | 24 | NYN | 34 | 90 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .178 | .407 | 21 |
| 1989 | 25 | NYN | 19 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .470 | 38 |
| 1990 | 26 | NYN | 35 | 75 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .187 | .492 | 40 |
| 1991 | 27 | NYN | 27 | 63 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .238 | .571 | 65 |
| 1992 | 28 | NYN | 33 | 72 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .264 | .649 | 89 |
| 1993 | 29 | NYN | 30 | 70 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .200 | .571 | 54 |
| 1994 | 30 | NYN | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .333 | -10 |
| 1997 | 33 | NYA | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1998 | 34 | CLE | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1999 | 35 | CLE | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.667 | 547 |
| 2000 | 36 | TBA|NYA | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2000 | 36 | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 20 | NYN | 31 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 218 | 276 | 73 | 2.60 | 138 |
| 1985 | 21 | NYN | 35 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 276.2 | 268 | 69 | 1.53 | 235 |
| 1986 | 22 | NYN | 33 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 250 | 200 | 80 | 2.84 | 131 |
| 1987 | 23 | NYN | 25 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 179.2 | 148 | 53 | 3.21 | 127 |
| 1988 | 24 | NYN | 34 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 248.1 | 175 | 57 | 3.19 | 108 |
| 1989 | 25 | NYN | 19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 118.1 | 101 | 47 | 2.89 | 121 |
| 1990 | 26 | NYN | 34 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 232.2 | 223 | 70 | 3.83 | 99 |
| 1991 | 27 | NYN | 27 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 190 | 150 | 56 | 3.60 | 102 |
| 1992 | 28 | NYN | 31 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 206 | 145 | 70 | 3.67 | 95 |
| 1993 | 29 | NYN | 29 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 208.2 | 149 | 61 | 3.45 | 117 |
| 1994 | 30 | NYN | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 41.1 | 40 | 15 | 6.31 | 67 |
| 1996 | 32 | NYA | 29 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 170.2 | 126 | 88 | 5.01 | 100 |
| 1997 | 33 | NYA | 20 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 106.1 | 66 | 53 | 4.91 | 93 |
| 1998 | 34 | CLE | 23 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 134 | 83 | 51 | 3.76 | 124 |
| 1999 | 35 | CLE | 26 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 115 | 88 | 67 | 6.26 | 78 |
| 2000 | 36 | TBA|NYA | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 101 | 54 | 41 | 4.54 | 108 |
| 2000 | 36 | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9.00 | 51 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | P | 31 | 31 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 35 | 35 | 25 | 38 | 2 | 6 |
| 1986 | P | 33 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 5 |
| 1987 | P | 25 | 25 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 1988 | P | 34 | 34 | 27 | 56 | 5 | 3 |
| 1989 | P | 19 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | P | 34 | 34 | 15 | 35 | 4 | 5 |
| 1991 | P | 27 | 27 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 3 |
| 1992 | P | 31 | 31 | 9 | 40 | 6 | 1 |
| 1993 | P | 29 | 29 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 1994 | P | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | P | 29 | 29 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | P | 20 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | P | 23 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | P | 26 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | P | 27 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 3 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Dwight Gooden won: Rookie of the Year 1984 (NL), Cy Young Award 1985 (NL), Pitching Triple Crown 1985 (NL), TSN All-Star 1985 (NL), Silver Slugger 1992 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1990, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Cy Young Award | NL | 2 | 45 / 120 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 28 / 336 | 0 |
| 1984 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 118 / 120 | 23 |
| 1985 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 120 / 120 | 24 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 162 / 336 | 1 |
| 1986 | Cy Young Award | NL | 8 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1987 | Cy Young Award | NL | 5 | 12 / 120 | 1 |
| 1990 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 8 / 120 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 10 / 336 | 0 |
Dwight Gooden ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #15 | starting pitchers | 1985 | 235 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.